FOR SALE: A PINCH TO GROW AN INCH

ONE MORE TIE DYED CAMELIA IN THE PALEST OF WASHES: VIOLETS AND PINKS THAT REMIND US OF COLD ROSE WINE AND LAVENDER BOUQUETS. 

OUR FINGERTIPS ARE PERMANENTLY BEARING PINK AND PURPLE STAINS OF THIS TIE DYE ADVENTURE, BUT IT WAS TOTALLY WORTH IT BRINGING THESE BABIES INTO BEING. AND DYED HANDS ARE KIND OF GROOVY. 

WE LOVE OUR CAMELIA BLOUSE SERVED WITH LASHINGS OF SEASHELL NECKLACES, RIPPED WHITE DENIM AND SUNFLOWERS. 

ITEM No. TDCB_0012:

TIE DYE CAMELIA BLOUSE IN 'PINK MACARON' WITH SEERSUCKER TRIM

100% COTTON GATHERED BLOUSE WITH HAND-STITCHED HEMS AND FRENCH SEAMS.

THREE AVAILABLE: SIZES SMALL MEDIUM AND LARGE (MADE TO ORDER)

$178.00 USD

PLACES: ANITA IN VIETNAM (DEUX)

SALUTING ON THE STREET: ANITA AND I NARROWLY AVOID MULTI-MOTO DISASTER.

ITEM No. AB_0012: ANITA BLOUSE WITH POM-POMS

THIS SWISS DOT BEAUTY FOLLOWED ME THROUGH HANOI, DEFTLY NAVIGATED THE SWARMING STREETS AND NEVER EVEN BROKE A SWEAT.  (I PAIRED HER UP WITH ALIX OF BOHEMIA 'RALPHIE SHORTS', NATURALLY.) AND AS MUCH AS WE ADORE HER NAMESAKE, THE DEBAUCHED MS. PALLENBERG, THE ANITA BLOUSE IS MUCH BETTER BEHAVED- YOU CAN TAKE THE GIRL ANYWHERE.

THE ORIGINAL INIMITABLE PALLENBERG STYLE.

100% COTTON ANITA BLOUSE WITH FAGGOTING DETAIL, KEY-HOLE AND HAND SEWN TRIMMING FLANKED WITH POM POMS.

AVAILABLE SIZES SMALL, MEDIUM AND LARGE.

$315.00 USD

TIFFANY BLUE IN THE HEART OF HANOI.

FOR SALE: DYEING FOR CAMELIA

OVER HERE AT THE STUDIO WE ARE BATHING IN HEAVENLY SHERBET HUES (EACH LOVINGLY DYED AND PIECED BY HAND TO ENSURE THE PERFECT OMBRE), SEWING, SEWING, ANSWERING THE DEMAND OF THE SEASON: 

THE TIE DYE CAMELIA BLOUSE.

WE DON'T KNOW IF ITS THE PROMISE OF SUMMER THAT HAS GOT US SEEING TECHNICOLOR, (NOT THAT WE NEED AN EXCUSE TO DON THOSE GOGGLES; WE ARE HAPPILY SWADDLED IN NEON AT NOON ON A DAILY BASIS), BUT WHATEVER THE REASON, WE ARE TICKLED PINK (AND ORANGE AND TURQUOISE) TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS LIMITED RUN WITH YOU. AND COME TO THINK OF IT, ITS MAKING US PRETTY THIRSTY...

ITEM No. CB_TD 0010: TIE DYE CAMELIA BLOUSE:

100% COTTON GATHERED BLOUSE (COLORFAST AND PRE-SHRUNK) WITH FAGGOTING DETAIL AND CONTRASTING TRIM.

ALL SEAMS ARE BOUND AND HAND FINISHED.

MADE TO ORDER. NUMBERS ARE EXTREMELY LIMITED.

SIZES SMALL, MEDIUM AND LARGE

AVAILABLE FABRICS: MAI TAI (PINK-YELLOW-TURQUOISE), SWIZZLE (BLUE AND REDDISH-PINKY) AND TEQUILIA SUNRISE (PINK-ORANGE-YELLOW)


$178.00 USD

PLACES: HANOI IS WHERE THE HEART IS, PART I

THE MORNING OF DEPARTURE, IMAGES OF CATHERINE DENEUVE AND OPIUM DENS AND MOUNTAINS OF RICE-PAPER ROLLS DANCED IN MY HEAD. ARRIVAL AT THE LEGENDARY HOTEL METROPOLE DID NOT DISAPPOINT: IT WAS TOTALLY GIVING THIS 'INDOCHINE' FRENCH COLONIAL VIBE, COMPLETE WITH AN EPICERIE SELLING A SPECTRUM OF PASTEL MACARONS. 

SKETCH AFTER SKETCH, DESPERATELY TRYING TO CAPTURE THE INCREDIBLE FACADE OF THIS CHARMING INSTITUTION, WITH ALL ITS REGULARITY, DENTICULATION AND PILASTERS, AGAINST THE LUSH GREENERY:

UNSURPRISINGLY, IT WASN'T UNTIL LEAVING THE COZY CONFINES OF THE HOTEL AND HITTING THE STREETS THAT THE REAL WILDNESS, THE SPIRIT OF THE PLACE PRESENTED ITSELF:

BONJOUR, MADAM!

STOPPING FOR STREET MEATS.

SO MUCH OF LIFE IN ASIA SEES PEOPLE CONVENING ON THE GROUND, TO WORK, TO SOCIALIZE AND TO EAT. THEY ARE A PEOPLE WITH STRONG ROOTS IN THE EARTH, A GROUNDED-NESS THAT APPEARS BOTH  PRIMAL AND NOBLE AT THE SAME TIME. 

EASTER LILLIES

AND WE MADE AN EASTER FEAST OF LES MACARONS (AFTER BOWLS AND BOWLS OF STEAMING PHO). 

PLACES: ITS PHO TIME.

WHISKED AWAY FOR THE WEEKEND, JUST HOPPING OVER TO HANOI TO INDULGE  IN SOME PHO AND STREET MEATS...BUT I SHALL SEE YOU WHEN  I GET BACK. IN THE MEANTIME, 

HAPPY EASTER MY PRETTIES. 

FILMS: WELL LA-DI-DAH.

ALVY (ABOUT THE SPIDERS): I DID IT. I KILLED THEM BOTH. WHATS THE MATTER? WHAT ARE YOU SAD ABOUT? WHAT DID YOU WANT ME TO DO? CAPTURE 'EM AND REHABILITATE 'EM?

ANNIE: DON'T GO, OK? PLEASE?

ALVY: WHAT D'YA MEAN 'DON'T'? WHAT THE MATTER, ARE YOU EXPECTING TERMITES? 

ANNIE:  I DON'T KNOW WHY. I MISS YOU.

FOR SALE: PONY CLUB PART II